#BD9D3A#BD9D3A

#BD9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D3A
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 1.10, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 54.08, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0017 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.121 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8088, 35.2402, 9.0235)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D3A #3A5ABD

analogous

#BD5C3A #BD9D3A #9BBD3A

triadic

#BD9D3A #3ABD9D #9D3ABD

tetradic

#BD9D3A #3ABD5C #3A5ABD #BD3A9B

square

#BD9D3A #3ABD5C #3A5ABD #BD3A9B

split-complementary

#BD9D3A #3A9BBD #5C3ABD

monochromatic

#5F4F1D #8E762C #BD9D3A #D0B565 #DECC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D3A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D3A	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b976',
    500: '#bd9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d3a;
$custom-light: #d5b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D3A

secondary

#8A99C9

accent

#6FDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D3A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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